Telegram-herald., 1887-07-03
KANSAS PROHIBITION
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Tie Hon = b. Bradford, tho 4EEsEnsy
ssneIal o. K1nsAs. h4s nsasis = national rspa-
t4rian for TIE m2Rnsr Ia Nbcb le has en-
fsroea sss prohlhl5ory Avs of thai sfasa- de
has dFaNn aosa the snmirg a 10 aG1or nisn
q Ksnzas apoa him aaa - ha,i sosrs stFik-
iaz sxpsriencs Tires t.IEss lag has Teen s1ot
a And as has flei aTaY 10 hlsdes< a. Topeka
81 lsstsrs threatening als NE. These letlsTs
s1s anonyHn0as sl4es sonle q them aFs signet
via nistos aad eaf1f- athsrs With death
aea1is and cr0zs bones All az asla1e ~ith
threafs T. ths n.eautlns Attorney General
Bradford has goDe s1salilg On has way en-
f0rrlaz the lsEs u kGHszs, and when met
h.ia lass nlghr Al ths Riggs house - toll me
that be rl.oushs prohibition lad coaae 70 Kan
s4s % s1sY. said be;
BY ths new iaw which passed t.is year and
sLieh soes into sffscE the lst 0f Nay, think
the placas where Eqaor Is sold ia Kansas viii
ts reeiLcet o. one piacs tor each 2, SO people.
Last January thsgs were 30 saloons IA
Lsasea~0rth alone. By the l5th u March
thers vas nos one left la Leagenworth
county The l0ssst me for the selling II
hqQOr n Kansas Is soc, together with All
Ehs costs 81 the ease, 1eiiaiiag t5 IA at
tornsys fses aad also thirry days ia the
county ian This Is he penalty for each and
sssry sale II llqaor proved ana ths law Is
- worsied that tho fines and the terms q i'm
prisonmeus c,n be ried up Ia Shawnee
county there IS a man worth sto, 60 IN jail
Hs aas been sentenced % seven months' inn
prisoumenE and 900 hne. Before this law
passed lie vas a wholesale liquor dealer, but
he thought be could make a fortune by go.ag
iDEo pArtEersaip vita a number Of drug
stores AMI baving the drug stores sell the
lquor on the sly His nams did not appear
in these Partnerships. The druggists were,
how lsr. found guilty of liquor selling and
~ vas implicated With them. His riches
does not save him, and tie laws of Kansas
fre pretty well enforced without regard 10 the
wealth o. position of the criminal
"Can you convict men for liquor selling as
easily a. sor the ordinary crimes on the cal
sndsrP
Yes. Iinvestigated this matter. Iwrote
@ al ths clerks of courts IN Kansas, and
fos,z.d that in the ease of liquor selling - per
cent Of ali those tried were convicted In
ordinary crimes only - per cent. were con-
victed. Public sentiment IN Kansas Is en-
tlrely In favor Of pgohibitory law, and We
have little trouble now Ia enforcing It. A
great change Of ssntimenr Is going ON. and
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possible for a drunkard 20 exist in Kansas
Already in thirty seven counties OF the state
--counties which have an aggregate OF 500,-
coo peopls-ths average amount ot liquor sold
Il one bottle OF beer 20 every eight persons
dnriag eighty days These localities ara
whsrs they have no saloons, and in these
counties the amount Of liquor sold amounted
~ only $4,000 = month, while In Lsaven-
worth county the sales OF liquor amounted TO
So 900 a month. or si. ~ per month for every
man, woman and child in the city, or TO an
aggregate % 100000 per year. We have.
however. cut of this liouor dealing In Leaven-
worth. as told you before"
~Whas has become Of St Johnp
we no not Keep track OF st. John In Kan
sas ard we DO not prstsud 20 answer any
question IN regard 70 him.
Tell me something about the municipal
suffrage Of Kansas
BY mgrlcipal suffrage, "a distinguished
from universal suffrage, IN Kansas, is meant
tie recent lav which permits women TO vote
for al city officers. This law has gone into
effect and we Rave bad our first election un-
der IL. The best women in Kansas have
voted and the election went OF better than
any in our previous history. One Of our laws
prohibits ticket peddlers from coming within
ffty feet OF the polls. There we're no OBJ lection
able characters among the females who voted
As far as could be learned, and the element
taking advantage Of the suffrage wes made
uD of the best Of Kansas women. The
women attended the caucuses which noTni-
mated the vario1s candidates and the election
shows that better and higher grade Of can
didates we're chosen than in the past This
woman suffrage strengthens the prohibitOry
element IN Kansas and prohibition feeling is
very fast grow irg. I have no doubt bat that
prohibition vii eventually De a great ma
tional issue in TINS country and that the
Usited States vii ultimately be prohibition
country
~How 5 Kansas satisfied With its two sen
ators'r
very wsil indeed, and It feels that it has
rixhs 20 hs proud II them Ingalls, Is a great
statesman ard great orator and Plumb IS
great statesman ard a great financier We
think a great deal Of flrmo out in Kansas.
He IS one og The soliI men ~ the vest, and IS
worth. suppose. siOooCa0 He has made
hss money hirnsslf he came west poor. Hs
established = printing ofice at Emporia. and
studded and uls.ticssi law there. he saved
his money snd became banker re specu-
lated and invested, and be now owns lands
al over Kansas he Is n man Of great com
mon sense. is unprstentious in both his man
ners and ifs. ard i noted both for his geHer
os,.v sad chafity.
-Inxalls lives ~ Atchison. and S well 20 DO.
H h,s NARY friends and he l. noted in Kan
sss FOR loving his friends and not caring very
much for his eneuies The people Of the
wsst are proud ~ the reputation which he
has made within ne past few years. and they
fee tnnt in hin they have one Of the biggest
men in fl. cUuutFy as their representative
mt SsrsfN- Piuuo q Kansas. last night
an aad a chai with him over the interststs
ccrinarra 'asr Senator Filub thinks that
TIE lsx wiz bs Of great ultinass benefit 20
the eo,1.,tr~. H, SAYS that e VII miure some
Of tas large corporations aBd some interests
A. the beginning. bat that il tie end is eiii
work great -1o.l b. the country At large. -It
~i1l have saws he "the effert of distributing
sha industries and uanufactories n tho
ro-nrrv ami win tend 80 the building NJ II
the sr,ale ef towns At t1e peiise ~ the cities.
T. ,ris NOT allow rnnoroiies % crowd out the
smaller firms IS xreat fsbates on freight.
Take. for instance. Philip Arm0ur's meat es-
tahUSfr,a,,t AZ Eansos Citv. Armour can
have uaekts here I. .egg car loads II hogs He
can then q, e. tia raiircads and say Vow
va.f your lowest rate for the shipping of
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